The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-10
THE CHAMPLAlN'S VOYAGE
Az INTERNATIONAL YACHT CluIss-Br W.
II. MURRAY ASB ]. ARNoY KNOX.
Published by Special Arrangement with the
AuthOrs,l
AN oLD.nEW COUNrRY.

The bad taete Of some OF the pr ople
who have been the godlsthers OF many
OF our lskss, rivers, mountains, and
other monument sections OF the earth's
crust Is painful to think Of, b 1t evil
dence ri it CESS us every day. It
sticks out and obi udes itsef on IA on
every hand. Ia these modern days 10
there neither poetry or sentiment Ia
the people who givs names to places
and things? The savage fpprecia I'd
aud selected names that were full of
rhy thm and melody. The eternal un.
fitness Of calling goodly valley Dog
trot Hollow" did not take bold on the
untutored Indian; nor did II ever en-
ter into the mipds OF the Spanish or
French, who came after them, to dis
grace q picturesque mountsin peak
with such q name as DJlan's Nubbin."
Neither did they name their towns
after Jones, the railroad freight scent,
or fJr the adermanic ScruRgs, as the
people Of tbs United States DO 80 often.
The Iodians selected words with mean
ing and mueic Ia them, and the Span.
ieh and French, after using up the
names Il all toe saints, search ed the
realms OF poetry and sweet sounds for
Dames; for instance when an Indian
wished 10 give distinctive appellation
to q place at the confidence of two
streame, he wonld call 1. 1.-THE place
where. the bright. wa ers- meet. and
don't-you forget.that-its-s.daisy spot,"
or hyphenated Indian words TO that
effect.
He was never stingy In the matter
OF syllablcs. He would give lake or
river IT, fall name, even II 1t took half
the lGngulge hs carried with him to
do II. lndian travellers who made II
a business OF discovering aud naming
places have been known 10 nse up
almost their whole vocabulary 10 q
weeks trip, and return 10 their tribe
without hal dOz3u complete ssn.
tencee to their backs. | visited lske
lsst week, and II IL one q the lovelieet
dimplet that | have eve, eeen In THE
old globes countensnce. 1t was
formerly known by three diff lraut
names: Pas-kun'ga men, which means
going Cug from tho river" Iait.ken-
ia.ia res ko-wa, "the great 81 Of the
beautiful lakes," and A.rey.uua, "ths
ws'ers Of the emerald rockH.' Now
bnn't Yen think that the V rnont
Yaul ees would have b on sat sied
with SONS one OF these names or even
q SECTION Of one Of them. II he con.
sidersd l.i'.ken alto Tes.ku.wa too
lorg Tor every day use, he could have
sawed piece ont OF the middle OF L.,
and, with the enfe Ieatly applied, he
would have had O name THAI Certainly
would nave bseD more euphoLe us
than tho one tie lake u0w begfs
Some thirty ytars ego susvsy,r lost
bis way Ia the mouuiaius, ard
wandered through the wilderness
until he srrlved Il this lake. Aa,arch
parry Taled him, and he was found
thore. Ehd name Of the wretch was
Tupper, and now A.tey-rus, "the
waters Of tho emerald rocts" is known
only as Bug Topper"
Ii raa bad emo gh iot our foIeisth.
ers 10 mu' der the owreTs Of tnese
lands mi saters III er rtea.ing their
property, but 1t was sddlng 10 the
ctima o. inke gay the mn icai nance
given by the fayage, ami u wac heap.
ING iusnit on MARY 10 replace ihos'
nsmes With ths tnneless dissoosnce ri
the Nsnseo Vocabulary. While o.
this hj G OF usmes let me iell ynu
1l eomsihing saw ,esteidsy ttAt u.
lurtrs,ea hos som. tdWRn pigmi q,
who Nou q 70 f1ir1t,en IA ayesr and
q dsy At ~ tier death, will htfive q
push their litde nsmeslut0 ~. iIinrp
nat p0'tsriiy my b. deceived iutc
thinking that they were siania Tn,
1 atIns 'ality that Hr'u Ate8 tho discnv
ergr IT laBe5's liver aud the founder
OF M,G'ligslvills pr1mptg these poo
pie 10 ttrGl their names iuio hg nsti
90 come by atscling them ~ tnt
names o. dbrdB oi s1mo IT the gtpa
ONES OF tss earth. / walked over th-
| P.Irs NJ Abfahsm yesterday, grd on
,tlHt blood r1ugA fed woo.O tho De
/ su,u Wolfe ianily iouyh.gud brave
| ly died 4 Flw q modtst granite monu
mvnt 90 a mall tql e.. o. one cid.
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